 This study examined the effects of gender and age on alexithemia and anxiety symptoms among adolescents. Boys reported significantly higher levels of externally oriented alexithemia symptoms than girls, while no significant difference was found between genders for internally oriented alexithemia symptoms. Additionally, the study found that age had a significant interactive effect with gender on both alexithemia and anxiety symptoms. This suggests that the presence of clinical symptoms in school going adolescents may have negative consequences on their physical and mental health, and thus requires further attention. This article was authored by Saudia Jaffer, Farzana Ashraf and Emna Arif.